Petro Shelest

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Petro Yukhymovych Shelest (Ukrainian: Петро Юхимович Шелест; Russian: Пётр Ефи́мович Ше́лест) (February 14 1908 – January 22 1996) was the First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (a position roughly equivalent to that of a governor of a U.S.

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active years end date

1972-05-19, 1973-05-07

active years start date

1963-06-23, 1972-05-19

birth date

1908-02-14

birth name

Petro Yukhymovych Shelest

birth place

Russian Empire, Kharkov Governorate

death date

1996-01-22

death place

Russia, Moscow Oblast

nationality

Soviet Union

office

Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

order in office

First Secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine

party

Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)

successor

Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Zia_Nureyev